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D.C. Metro officials called an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss multiple safety lapses including the recent derailment of a silver line train, which is under investigation to address a possibly falsified inspection report. Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans called the unscheduled meeting after a number of safety failures for the transit agency produced three critical reports from the Federal Transit Administration this month.
Railroad companies warned during a public hearing that a proposed regulation Friday could undermine innovation by requiring two-man crews. The Federal Railroad Administration introduced the proposed rule March 14 as a way to improve safety.
In a closely choreographed dance, a rescue swimmer was lowered from the helicopter to the 45-foot U.S. Coast Guard response boat. Amid the spray of Lake Michigan and waves generated by the wind from the rotors of the helicopter, the guardsmen on the boat safely took the swimmer aboard.
A Texas teenager who lit 180 sparklers that were taped together needed to have part of his leg amputated and suffered burns after the sparklers exploded. A Texas teenager who lit 180 sparklers that were taped together needed to have part of his leg amputated and suffered burns after the sparklers exploded.
Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Bryan Witt says the accident occurre... . In this photo provided by Billy B. Brown, two freight trains are on fire Tuesday, June 28, 2016, after they collided and derailed near Panhandle, Texas.
In thisJune 3, 2016, file frame from video provided by KGW-TV, smoke billows from a Union Pacific train that derailed near Mosier, Ore., in the scenic Columbia River Gorge. Oregon's Multnomah County Chairwoman Deborah Kafoury and Portland, Ore., Mayor Charlie Hales are calling on Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to oppose oil-by-rail projects like the Tesoro-Savage terminal proposed in Vancouver, Wash., and to work for a permanent ban on oil-by-rail--a request that comes in the wake of the Mosier derailment.